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March Mindfulness is Mashable's series that examines the intersection of meditation practice and technology. Because even in the time of coronavirus, March doesn't have to be madness.  I went to my first guided meditation class two years ago, at a studio in New York City called Inscape. I was there…

In a disturbing situation highlighting the horrendous toll of COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending refrigerated trucks to New York City to hold the bodies of disease victims as morgues struggle to keep up. The estimated 85 trucks will serve as interim mortuaries, parked on the streets outside…

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By Morgan Sung2020-03-27 17:51:37 UTC The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen captured the internet's heart with their culinary YouTube videos. They're still making videos while social distancing — they're just doing it at home.  Bon Appétit had "six to eight weeks" of content pre-filmed before New York City, where the magazine…

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Ryan W. Miller USA TODAYPublished 2:21 PM EDT Mar 26, 2020At a New York City hospital in the center of the state's coronavirus outbreak, at least 13 patients died in the span of 24 hours, hospital staff said.Elmhurst Hospital, part of the city's public hospital system, said in a statement that…

A makeshift morgue has been built outside one of New York City's major hospitals to deal with an expected spike in coronavirus deaths.Between Tuesday and Wednesday night, 88 more people in the city died of COVID-19.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a stark warning on Wednesday, saying half…

The global fatality rate of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has doubled over the past 2 months.New York City is now an epicenter of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, with more than 17,000 confirmed cases of at least 450,000 worldwide.A licensed funeral director and embalmer, who works…

New York authorities mobilized to head off a potential public health disaster in the city Wednesday, with its emergence as the nation's biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of the country as U.S. deaths from the pandemic topped 1,000.…

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is planning to convert New York City’s enormous Jacob Javits Convention Center into a field hospital to deal with the onslaught of COVID-19 cases in the state, he announced in a Saturday…